Pay your respects at Edgar Allan Poe’s grave

The writer Edgar Allen Poe was one of Baltimore’s most infamous residents. If you don’t want to pay the admission fee of the Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum, you can see his grave for free. The 80-inch memorial, decorated with a bust of the poet, in the Westminster Hall cemetery records his birthday incorrectly as January 20th, 1809 (It was January 19th, 1809). Look for the Poe Toaster, an anonymous stranger who places three roses and a bottle of cognac on the grave each year on the anniversary of Poe’s death. Poe fans can also visit a statue of Poe for free at the University of Baltimore School of Law.